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Who: Karen/Smoker
What: Talking and idek yet
Where: Deck at night
When: late late Wednesday night.
Rating: PG subject to change

Smoker apprehensively lit his cigars on the deck of Lady Justice. He'd been planning this for weeks, trying to find a way to get the words not to stick in his throat, trying to find a way to set it up without looking like an idiot. But to hell with waiting. He'd go at his own pace and trying to make it perfect just wasn't his style. If she couldn't deal with him being him, that was her problem. He wasn't going to change what worked for him. Still, he was nervous. It didn't make sense to do it wrong if he could do it right but that just meant there was a chance to mess it up.

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Dressed in her usual black, Karen hopped up the steps of the deck below to the upper deck of the Lady Justice. A cool night. Crisp with the sea air lacing the soft wind that tossed fiery curls around her face.

After a moment of adjusting to the darkness, she saw the lone orange glow of a cigar, a usual night light~, and she wandered over to its source. "Cool night."

"Mn," Smoker nodded in agreement, "It will get warmer soon. We're going to a summer island." He put his arms around her shoulders though, under the guise of warming her up.

With a tilt of her head she glanced up at him. "Oh? A summer island?"

"I've never had a warm winter. Usually around this time of the year it's always snowing." She said with a faint smile at the memories of white Christmases with the lights of Tokyo being the illumination. Sure they were always spent alone, but it was a warm atmosphere among the cold days.

"Water 7. To repair the ship. They'll occasionally repair pirate ships but it's the best and we can't afford to risk trying to make it elsewhere." Smoker drummed his free hand idly on the deck railing. "And I need her to be in the best shape possible to tail the Straw-Hats. Their shipwright comes from that island so we'll see." Oro Jackson, Gold Roger's legendary ship was likewise made on the island but Smoker merely wanted his ship fixed and in the best shape possible, not reinvented.

"In Loguetown it would probably start snowing soon... But there's always a first."

She couldn't help but smirk just a bit at that. Like a man with a fancy car. Always wanting to make sure it was in the most tip top shape.

Golden eyes looked out over the water with reflection of the clear skies mimicking their illumination on the surface of the ocean. A snowy town would be pretty to see. "Sounds like a busy schedule~"

"Hm. We'll see. Pirates never stick around Water 7 for long. Only enough to buy a ship. That's one good thing I can say for the mayor there so there's unlikely to be many pirates to hunt. I was thinking of taking the train over to St. Poplar though," he mused. He'd always wanted to see that train. And try some of the famous water food.

"A train? I haven't been on a train in years." She mused quietly with a smile. Too many people..too crowdy. Too- easy. Just like the one derailed by that boy with the vacant sad eyes...

She was doing it again and Smoker had no idea why or how. He pinched the bridged between his eyes getting worried, "Something wrong with trains?"

She shook her head. Here at least there were nothing wrong with trains. It wasn't apart of the seven pillars that supported Tokyo.

"Nope." She chirped. "What kind of train is it? Steam?"

"It's... a sea train," Smoker paused, "Only one in the world." It was really hard to explain to someone not from this world. He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly, "It runs over the top of the water, like a ship but with the tracks to guide it and keep away seakings." And beyond that he had no idea how it worked. "It connects Water 7 and Enies Lobby, St. Poplar, and Pucci." A small shrug, "You've been on trains?"

She smiled lightly at that. He did try so hard. "Sounds magical. To be on the water like that."

"Mm, it's one of the main ways to get around Tokyo that's not walking. Driving's always stressful." She said with a smile. "Building jumping's always my favorite though~"

"It's really amazing!" Smoker flashed a rare smile.

"Oh... driving bikes? They use sea bulls in Water 7. The streets are all water; canal ways. It's a big giant fountain. You'll see." He gave her a small affectionate squeeze around the shoulders, "There is definitely something to be said for building jumping. Always been my favorite. Getting away from it all, easy to see everything..."

Karen couldn't help but smile a bit, however, she tilted her head back and peeked up at him. "So- I don't think you really brought me out here to discuss trains." She mused.

"What's on your mind?"

He was having second thoughts now. What happened to conviction? Smoker wasn't one to second guess his decisions and yet now here he was feel nervous about saying what was on his mind.

"I wanted to talk to you," he said slowly rolling a cigar in his mouth to afford time to fix this. "A guy gets to call his girlfriend on deck every once in a while, doesn't he?"

"Seemed like there was more on your mind." She mused while she plucked his cigar from his lips to take a playful drag of smoke herself.

"So~ Once more. What's on your mind?"

It was a million things like that that really did it for him. Made it inevitable so to speak. "Maybe I just love you," he answered softly with a kiss to her cheek. It wasn't the way he had it planned but he was sick of waiting and hell, planning that sort of thing never had been his style.

She stared at him for along moment.

With a tilt of her head she smiled. "You know I love you, too. If you don't, I'll beat you up." She teased.

"I know," Smoker flashed her a rare smile, "But I wanted to be the first one to say it this time."

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